WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012.  In a response to a teleconference this afternoon featuring former drug czars and Drug Enforcement Administration officials calling on the federal government to vigorously oppose attempts to reform marijuana laws, the Marijuana Policy Project stated that marijuana prohibition is a failed policy and urged the[Read More…]

Commentary Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Billie Jean King, George Takei, Wanda Sykes, Zachary Quinto, and Chaz Bono share why they’re supporting President Obama and why Mitt Romney isn’t the choice for them.

Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Please. Spare me the Tea Party and their sanctimonious cries for "civility" during Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. Paul Ryan, the darling of the Tea Party, and his fellow Tea Partiers, had the nerve to suggest that Vice President Joe Biden was not "polite" during the[Read More…]

Sad Story Points to a Larger Problem with Pesticide Registration  MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012. Standing by the company’s assertion that one employee acted alone in a multi-year pesticide scandal that helped bring unprecedented fines from the United States government, Miracle Gro’s director of public affairs sought to clarify the issue in a[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012.  Obama for America released the following statement from Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez in reaction to the Romney campaign’s latest assertion that the President is not “macho” enough for Latino voters: “The Romney campaign’s latest assertion that the President is not ‘macho’ enough for Latino voters not only plays[Read More…]

American Flags Removed by Bain for Chinese Workers  PENNSYLVANIA—(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2012.  Progressive talk show host Ed Schultz spoke with United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard about Mitt Romney and Bain Capital who are profiting by selling out American workers by shipping U.S. jobs to China. This is not[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012.  After tonight’s Vice Presidential debate, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “Vice President Biden summed up the dangerous policies that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are trying to sell the American people in one word – Malarkey![Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012. Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, blasted Mitt Romney’s anti-choice running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), for the extreme views he articulated during last night’s debate that would outlaw abortion except in the most extreme circumstances. “Ryan’s responses to questions about whether women should have[Read More…]

OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012. Statement from AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker and Ohio AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Pierrette “Petee” Talley: “Every election year we see offensive, underhanded tactics by groups who don’t want everyone to have access to the voting booth.  This year, intimidating billboards that point out voter fraud[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012  As Congressman Ryan highlighted last night, he and Mitt Romney are too extreme on the critical issue of women’s health. In the House, Ryan worked with Todd Akin to narrow the definition of rape and outlaw abortion for rape and incest victims. And Romney-Ryan believe women’s health[Read More…]